Despite requiring nine stitches after taking a blow to the face against the Toronto Raptors Wednesday night, Rajon Rondo figures to be ready for his TV broadcast debut Monday night. Rondo will be a guest analyst as the C’s travel to take on the Chicago Bulls. Per the Boston Herald:

The Celtics point guard, who doesn’t play on the second night of back-to-back games, said he is already working on his delivery.

“I’ll be fine,” he said of getting in front of the camera. “I’m practicing, I’m prepping, I’m getting my notes together. I’m going to be just like Tommy (Heinsohn).”

Heinsohn, told that he was Rondo’s role model, laughed and said, “Good luck.”

But Rondo, who approached (Mike) Gorman about filling in as guest analyst two weeks ago, does indeed appear to be serious about it.

“This is something different,” Rondo said. “There was one night I was watching a replay of the game and I was pretty fascinated by how good Mike is, how good Mike and Tommy are. I’ve known Mike and Tommy since I’ve been here, and those guys have always been generous to me. I’ll get a chance to have a little fun with Mike.”

“He knows he can’t give too much insight,” Celtics coach Brad Stevens said. “We’ll go over all of the rules Monday (in Chicago) in detail. But he’ll be really good. People will be interested to hear what he has to say, and it great that he’s interested in doing that.”

“I won’t give up any of his secrets,” Rondo said. “I should be pretty harsh on Chicago.”

Now that he’s healthy again, Bill Walton is increasing his workload behind the mic, and we’re all winners for it. WEEIcaptured some of the Waltonian magic from last night’s Celtics/Blazers game (do yourself a favor and read the entire thing): “Celtics fans received a treat Thursday night when Bill Walton stepped in for Tommy Heinsohn alongside Mike Gorman on the Comcast SportsNet broadcast … On oft-injured Portland center Greg Oden: ‘He should move to Hawaii, lose a ton of weight and start all over… become a yoga master.’ On former Pistons Bill Laimbeer, Rick Mahorn and Dennis Rodman: ‘They just made those decisions. That they were going to break all the rules of human decency.’ After Doc Rivers argued a call: ‘Doc Rivers making sizable contributions to our website, ilovetherefs.org.’ On Ray Allen’s shooting form: ‘Flawless … like Yosemite Falls coming right through the rim.'”